There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
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And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
Exodus
Law / MosesFor this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewNow the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2 Kings
HistoryAnd the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAs I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:
Exodus
Law / MosesHath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
John
Gospels / JohnEven them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahSo I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnI am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahZedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThere is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
Micah
Minor ProphetsI will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
Psalms
PoetryBut he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
Luke
GospelsThen Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:
Acts
HistoryThe son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars: